We're kicking off this week with another EVC (Effective Virtual Conversations) tip, this one #22 in the series. I've enjoyed speaking on the new book for almost a year now and one of the areas a lot of leaders, coaches and other professionals wonder is "What's the quickest way I can make my virtual conversations more engaging?". Questions, and asking good questions, which stimulate dialogue and discussion are one of the best ways to provoke a powerful and productive conversation online.
Throughout the book I include a number of different questions you may want to incorporate. The challenge, and artform, in the virtual space is to get away from asking questions which are closed (Yes/No) and move to ones that are open ended.
Open-ended questions may invite exploration, create focus, provoke action or encourage self-reflection. Notice that these are all different things. As I have written in past blog posts, powerful questions are usually only 5-6 words in length, and usually start with WHAT. HOW Questions tend to take us into process, and WHY questions often encourage justification (unless we are asking it in the context of connecting with vision.
Questions also help to shape the form of a debrief, bringing us back to a series of questions which helps to get at the WHAT, SO WHAT, and NOW What of a Conversation.
A few months ago I put 20 of my favorite coaching questions into a short video. To round out today's post, let's take a look at this.
Throughout the book I include a number of different questions you may want to incorporate. The challenge, and artform, in the virtual space is to get away from asking questions which are closed (Yes/No) and move to ones that are open ended.
Open-ended questions may invite exploration, create focus, provoke action or encourage self-reflection. Notice that these are all different things. As I have written in past blog posts, powerful questions are usually only 5-6 words in length, and usually start with WHAT. HOW Questions tend to take us into process, and WHY questions often encourage justification (unless we are asking it in the context of connecting with vision.
Questions also help to shape the form of a debrief, bringing us back to a series of questions which helps to get at the WHAT, SO WHAT, and NOW What of a Conversation.
A few months ago I put 20 of my favorite coaching questions into a short video. To round out today's post, let's take a look at this.
Have a great start to your week,
Jennifer
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats.
Follow us on Twitter @Teams365
Phone: (416)996-8326
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Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats.
Follow us on Twitter @Teams365
Phone: (416)996-8326
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